republic-os/legislation/us/states/co/2026a/sb-160.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Personal Protective Equipment & Meatpackers"
description: "The act prohibits employers from making deductions from the wages or compensation of an employee for personal protective equipment. The act also requires an employer with 500 or more employees who are engaged in the slaughter of livestock or the rendering or packaging of meat to provide its employees reasonable access to restrooms. The division of labor standards and statistics in the department of labor and employment may fine an employer who fails to provide restroom access.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)"
jurisdiction: "us/states/co"
legislature: "Colorado General Assembly"
session: "2026A"
identifier: "SB 160"
citation: "Colorado SB 160 (2026A)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Labor & Employment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["J. Gonzales", "M. Duran", "M. Martinez", "R. Rodriguez"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 13
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2026-04-10"
last_action: "2026-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a730cdcf-5a8d-4d3d-8652-a829fb66bd2e"
source_url: "https://leg.colorado.gov/bills/SB26-160"
source_hash: "d0567a52275b23a79f95a94d2713d0ea24ff837a1d6a769ea93a5cdfdb4b8d46"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-co"]
---

# Colorado SB 160 (2026A) — Personal Protective Equipment & Meatpackers

The act prohibits employers from making deductions from the wages or compensation of an employee for personal protective equipment. The act also requires an employer with 500 or more employees who are engaged in the slaughter of livestock or the rendering or packaging of meat to provide its employees reasonable access to restrooms. The division of labor standards and statistics in the department of labor and employment may fine an employer who fails to provide restroom access.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/114380/download)
2. **Engrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115205/download)
3. **Final Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/116619/download)
4. **Reengrossed** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115272/download)
5. **Rerevised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115829/download)
6. **Revised** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/115690/download)
7. **Signed Act** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leg.colorado.gov/bill_files/117081/download)

## Votes

- Refer Senate Bill 26-160, as amended, to the Committee of the Whole. — **pass** (pass) · upper
- CONCUR — **pass** (pass) · lower
- BILL — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Adopt amendment L.001 — **pass** (pass) · upper
- REPASS — **pass** (pass) · lower
- Refer Senate Bill 26-160 to the Committee of the Whole and with a recommendation that it be placed on the consent calendar. — **pass** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- J. Gonzales — primary (person)
- M. Duran — primary (person)
- M. Martinez — primary (person)
- R. Rodriguez — primary (person)
- A. Benavidez — cosponsor (person)
- A. Boesenecker — cosponsor (person)
- B. Marshall — cosponsor (person)
- C. Clifford — cosponsor (person)
- C. Espenoza — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kipp — cosponsor (person)
- C. Kolker — cosponsor (person)
- D. Roberts — cosponsor (person)
- E. Hamrick — cosponsor (person)
- E. Sirota — cosponsor (person)
- E. Velasco — cosponsor (person)
- G. Rydin — cosponsor (person)
- I. Jodeh — cosponsor (person)
- J. Amabile — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bacon — cosponsor (person)
- J. Bridges — cosponsor (person)
- J. Coleman — cosponsor (person)
- J. Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- J. Joseph — cosponsor (person)
- J. Mabrey — cosponsor (person)
- J. Marchman — cosponsor (person)
- J. McCluskie — cosponsor (person)
- K. Brown — cosponsor (person)
- K. McCormick — cosponsor (person)
- K. Mullica — cosponsor (person)
- K. Nguyen — cosponsor (person)
- K. Stewart — cosponsor (person)
- K. Wallace — cosponsor (person)
- L. Cutter — cosponsor (person)
- L. Goldstein — cosponsor (person)
- L. Smith — cosponsor (person)
- M. Ball — cosponsor (person)
- M. Carter — cosponsor (person)
- M. Froelich — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lindsay — cosponsor (person)
- M. Lukens — cosponsor (person)
- M. Rutinel — cosponsor (person)
- M. Weissman — cosponsor (person)
- N. Hinrichsen — cosponsor (person)
- N. Ricks — cosponsor (person)
- S. Camacho — cosponsor (person)
- S. Lieder — cosponsor (person)
- T. Exum — cosponsor (person)
- T. Mauro — cosponsor (person)
- T. Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- W. Lindstedt — cosponsor (person)
- Y. Zokaie — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-06-03** Governor Signed `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Sent to the Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-26** Signed by the Speaker of the House `passage`
- **2026-05-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-05-06** Senate Considered House Amendments - Result was to Concur - Repass
- **2026-05-05** House Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-05-04** House Second Reading Special Order - Passed with Amendments - Committee
- **2026-04-30** House Committee on Business Affairs & Labor Refer Amended to House Committee of the Whole `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2026-04-27** Introduced In House - Assigned to Business Affairs & Labor `introduction`
- **2026-04-27** Senate Third Reading Passed - No Amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2026-04-24** Senate Second Reading Passed - No Amendments `reading-2`
- **2026-04-21** Senate Committee on Business, Labor, & Technology Refer Unamended - Consent Calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole `committee-passage`
- **2026-04-10** Introduced In Senate - Assigned to Business, Labor, & Technology `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a730cdcf-5a8d-4d3d-8652-a829fb66bd2e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Colorado legislature records).